Graphic artist Linda Brady Deutsch stands next to “Seamus’ Roses” which was transposed onto a traffic control box in Raritan last summer as part of the county Cultural and Heritage Commission’s G24/7 outdoor art project. Five more works will be chosen for inclusion this year.

Artists are sought for the Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission’s public-art project titled “Gallery 24/7” (G24/7) Art on Traffic Control Boxes.

This is the second year of the project, which last year saw the work of 12 artists reproduced in a special vinyl adhesive film on county-owned traffic control boxes. The traffic-control boxes are in areas of high pedestrian or vehicular traffic to give people opportunities to enjoy visual arts beyond a gallery or museum.

The commission intends to fund five additional works this year, according to Patricia McGarry, who heads the effort. Details about the project, including application form for artists, are available online at www.co.somerset.nj.us/2011photogal/tcb.html. Deadline for applications is June 30.

The goals of G24/7, McGarry said, is to “integrate the visual arts into non-traditional venues to expand their reach to broaden and diversify public exposure, interest in and access to the arts; to expand exhibition opportunities for New Jersey visual artists; and to encourage cultural tourism to Somerset County.”

The works — of artists who are state residents — will be applied to traffic control boxes in Bridgewater near Patriot Park; in Hillsborough, Warren and Franklin Township.

Entries will be juried and selected for the program for artistic excellence, technical merit, the ability to complement the setting and how well it translates into large-scale viewing.